Functional Playrooms Parents Can Actually Show Off
Julianne Hendrickson, a mom of two, teacher and interior designer shares easy playroom ideas that are not only fun but functional!
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How to Create Healthy Adult Mother-Daughter Relationships
When you think about your relationship with your mother, does it make you smile and feel good inside or do you get a knot in your stomach and start to clench your fists? Or Moms: When you think of your daughter, do you feel proud and grateful or do you get angry and think about…
LEGOLAND Florida To Offer $99 Annual Pass During Flash Sale!
LEGOLAND Florida is about to offer its biggest deal of the year during a flash sale which will allow you to buy the Awesome Annual Pass for $99!
The Tampa Bay Lightning Wants to Meet You!
Want the chance to meet the legendary Tampa Bay Lightning team? Mark your calendars for March 19th because you’ll get meet them and more!
Tampa Bay Area Private Schools: Find the One For You
Hillsborough Bayshore Christian School 3909 S. MacDill Ave., Tampa 813-839-4297; www.bayshorechristianschool.org The school’s college preparatory program focuses on core academic subjects, with enrichment programs in performing arts, visual arts, foreign language, computer, media science and physical education. Students have athletic opportunities at the middle school, junior varsity and varsity level. Upper school students are prepared…
Family Travel Review: Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas
Tampa Bay Parenting Social Mom Mandi Mella was recently invited by Royal Caribbean to set sail on Harmony of the Seas. She has one word. WOW!
Florida in a Day: Tallahassee
My heart was thumping in my chest. I closed my eyes and breathed deeply, the scent of oak and pine trees mingled in my nose. I could hear what sounded like a zipper as my sister whizzed past. This was the end of the course, and I had no way down but through the zipline….
Super Dad: Dr. Mark Mogul
Tampa became his home in 2015 when he moved here to become the Medical Director of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital. He and his wife Marina have three children, Astrid (26), Ingrid (23), and Christopher (18).
Super Dad: Dr. George Jallo
Dr. George Jallo is a renowned neurosurgeon for All Children’s Hospital John Hopkins Medicine in St Petersburg, but his success wasn’t preordained. “I was born in Bethlehem, and my family (parents and 2 brothers) immigrated to northern New Jersey when I was 5. Our family did not speak any English but we learned fast as young children watching TV and attending school. My grades in first 2-3 years were poor-fair, and teachers had reservations about my potential. There were discussions to hold me back a year, but fortunately I was allowed to stay with my peers.”
The Science Behind “Tuning Things Out”
You’ve probably experienced something like this before: You’re knee-deep in a big project at work and are finally making some progress. You haven’t had to answer too many emails, the phone isn’t ringing off the hook, and you have just the right dosage of caffeine running through your system. You are in the zone, all your focus bent on finishing this assignment. Then you feel a tap on your shoulder.
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Dinosaurs in Motion at MOSI
Dinosaurs in Motion at Tampa’s MOSI encourages hands-on STEAM learning.
After School Guide
School is back in session, which means it is time to pick a great after school program. Rather then sending your kids home to an empty house, check out some of these amazing options that can keep your kids moving and get the motivated to learn new things.
Cures for Woes: Home Remedies for the Stings, Bites and Burns of Summer
Simple home remedies can be used alone or in conjunction with the standards for great results. Even better, most kitchens hold a treasure trove of quick-acting treatment options.
Strep Vs. Common Cold
When your child has a sore throat it can be easy to blame the common cold, but strep throat may actually be the culprit.
4 Simple Ways to Find Mom Friends
Your Mama Village huddles around you, encourages you, builds you up (oh, and takes care of your kids) until you’re ready to go back into that big, stressful, frustrating world.
10 Reasons to Teach Kids to Volunteer
Wear the Cape, a brand that gives back and aims to restore the power of kindness and good character.
Childhood Superstitions, Rituals, and Fears: What Do I Need to Know?
As adults, we remember our childhood days of avoiding stepping on cracks to not “break our mother’s back” or insisting that dad check under the bed every night to ensure the absence of monsters.
Gifted Child?
Here’s How You Know Having a “gifted” child means different things depending on who you ask. For some parents, a gifted child is one who plays the piano in an outstanding way or has a superb singing voice. For others, a gifted child may be an amazing speller with an extensive vocabulary or a spelling…
Evan Brownstein
Meet Evan — Nicholson and Penelope’s dad, Suzanne’s husband, and Howard and Elaine’s son. This senior director of marketing for Checkers and Rally’s Restaurants loves calling the Tampa Bay area home, relocating from NYC 7½ years ago!
Parenting Uncensored
When children misbehave, act in a juvenile manner instead of responsibly, talk disrespectfully to us, yell at us or pitch a fit, it can be utterly frustrating for parents.
